Facebook is profiting from racial supremacy groups on social media, says report

11 Aug 2022 , 11:16 AM

Despite a restriction on such content on the network, Facebook is still generating money off from white supremacist organizations by providing advertisements on searches for deadly organizations like the “Ku Klux Klan.”

More than 80 white supremacist organizations, some of which Facebook itself has classified as “dangerous organizations,” have a presence on Facebook, according to a report by the Tech Transparency Project.

The non-profit group stated in a statement late on Wednesday that Facebook was making money off of searches for the names of white supremacist groups since the search results were frequently monetized with adverts.

According to the report, 40% of the queries for white supremacist organizations contained advertisements.

According to the data, 37% of the 226 white nationalist organizations were present on Facebook.

These organizations are linked to 20 Facebook Groups and 119 Facebook Pages in total.